Sitting pretty Take one industrial designer renowned for his innovative approach and one manufacturer heralded for its environmental policy and the result is something rather ground breaking - the SAYL office chair. During its design process Yves Behar, founder of San Francisco-based design firm fuseproject, together with the development team at Herman Miller, scrutinised every part of the chair to ensure that it would be the lightest, strongest and most sustainable possible. Certainly its most innovative feature is the full suspension back, which is literally frameless. Although Herman Miller has been environmentally aware since it was first founded in Michigan in 1905, it was in 2000 that it publicly stated its intention to become a sustainable business. The ‘cradle to cradle’ paradigm is modelled on nature where nothing goes to waste; one organism’s waste is another’s food. “I started looking at ways that you could have a tower system that could essentially carry loads. 1. 11.
5 Ways Twitter Strengthens A School’s Learning Community Cross-posted at eFACE Today This year, our K-6 staff began learning in a new virtual way using Twitter. After a couple staff in-service trainings and after school workshops, parents and teachers ventured into this new educational Twitterverse. Our staff’s “learning by Twitter” has occurred in multiple formats this school year: From each otherFrom classroom to classroomFrom our school parentsFrom their developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)From local & national conferencesFrom our district hashtag (#nped)From weekly education chats like #ptchat, #5thchat, #edchat #ntchat & others Below are five examples of collaborative and transparent learning compliments of @KnappElementary staff and parents. Front lobby display of TweetsSPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS / CONFERENCES - International Speaker on Bullying & Teen Suicide John Halligan Spoke earlier this year at NPSD.
How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education - TNW Industry As connection speeds increase and the ubiquity of the Internet pervades, digital content reigns. And in this era, free education has never been so accessible. The Web gives lifelong learners the tools to become autodidacts, eschewing exorbitant tuition and joining the ranks of other self-taught great thinkers in history such as Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Allen and Ernest Hemingway. “Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” -Albert Einstein 10 years ago in April 2001, Charles M. He says, “I think there’s a wide array of reasons why faculty should be engaged in recording and publishing lectures online. So. Some of the biggest names in tech are coming to TNW Conference in Amsterdam this May. Both Yale and Stanford have followed suit, and even Harvard has jumped on board in the last two years. Open Culture Should knowledge should be open to all to both use and contribute to? Khan Academy Watch more about The Khan Academy here. Skillshare
Starter Sheets The Starter Sheets are resources for the classroom teacher. The intention of each sheet is to introduce a tool, technology or activity that could be easily adapted for use in the classroom. Each sheet is created to a template design and should have the following features:must be two pagesmust have pictures that illustrate process and outcomesprocess must be straight forwardmust be simple to read and understandmust have clear benefits for the teacher in the classroom, the exemplar should be easy to adapt to a variety of classroom settingsmust have an alternative - web based or applicationmust be linked to Bloom's Digital Taxonomy and Sensory learning styles using VARK TITLE: making Connections -Network Cable Inforgraphic Link: Tool or Technology: This is an infographic that summaries the main Network cable standards - Cat 2, 3, 4, 5, 5e, 6 & 6e and their respective speeds, frequencies and ranges. Curriculum Area: Information Technology, Computer Science, ITGS, Technology, Digital Technology
D'où vient la véritable innovation éducative ? : Articles : Thot Cursus L'édition 2010 de l'événement Online Educa Berlin (OEB) a rassemblé plus de 2000 participants venus de plus de 100 pays autour du thème « L'éducation pour tous ». Cet événement est une occasion de faire se rencontrer les acteurs académiques, commerciaux et de la formation professionnelle autour de problématiques liées à la formation à distance et au potentiel des TIC en éducation et formation. La synthèse des échanges et présentations réalisés pendant cette manifestation se trouve sur le site d'OEB, sous le titre « Call for Radical Change in Learning Culture ». Le souhait de changer de perspective et de dimension en matière d'éducation et de formation fut si fort chez les participants que l'invention d'une nouvelle culture de l'apprentissage constituera le thème de la prochaine édition, du 30 novembre au 2 décembre 2011. Les TIC favorisent l'innovation sociale dans tous les espaces d'apprentissage Car d'innovation, il en a déjà été beaucoup question lors de l'édition 2010 d'OEB.
The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About 44.24K Views 0 Likes We're always trying to figure out the best tools for teachers, trends in the education technology industry, and generally doing our darnedest to bring you new and exciting ways to enhance the classroom. But I wanted t... 20 Free and Fun Ways To Curate Web Content 23.98K Views 0 Likes What's the best way to organize it all into at least some reasonable manner? It’s Time To Crowdsource Your School’s Social Media Policy 12.53K Views 0 Likes Every school has a different policy when it comes to social media. Culture vs. Control by Mike Kaechele This week I had the chance to visit Columbus Signature Academy in Indiana. It is part of the New Tech Network of schools which are problem based learning high schools. The second and more lasting thing I noticed was the students. I got to spend two days at the school and talked to many of the students. I got the same message from all of them. The students talked about the importance of having a voice, working in groups, and how they preferred PBL to traditional learning. I know this school works hard to establish and grow this culture among students. Yes, this school is 1-1 with laptops, but what really makes it stand out is the learning climate of trust and responsibility. Do you trust your students enough to let them learn by exploring interesting problems together?
Interactive Learning Sites for Education - Home Comment les lycéens utilisent-ils Internet ? Reportages pédagogiques de l’Académie de Versailles Comment les lycéens utilisent-ils internet ? A cette question, la WebTV de l’Académie de Versailles (SCEREN-CRDP de Versailles) répond avec 5 vidéos qui permettent de comprendre les pratiques technologiques et logiques d’utilisation des outils par les adolescents. Dans ces vidéos, la parole est donnée aux jeunes sous forme de témoignages. Ces reportages pédagogiques produits par l’Académie de Versailles montrent les « mono-pratiques » internet chez certains adolescents notamment l’attachement très fort au média et à la marque Facebook pour publier, communiquer avec ses pairs, rechercher sur Internet et afficher une identité virtuelle. Les reportages vidéo publiés : Que fais-tu sur internet ? Rechercher sur internet 2/5 Durée : 1 mn 50 s Moteurs de recherche, informations, médias…Les lycéens expliquent leur démarche de recherche en ligne. Licence : Creative Commons by-nc-saGéographie : Île-de-France
Quand Google nous fait perdre la mémoire La facilité d’accès aux informations qu’autorise le moteur de recherche nous incite à retenir l’emplacement de l’information au détriment de son contenu. Google aurait une influence néfaste sur notre mémoire. Longtemps supposé, ce phénomène vient d’être démontré par un professeur de l’université de Columbia. Ainsi, le fait de pouvoir accéder aisément à n’importe quelle information nous inciterait à ne plus retenir ces mêmes informations. Selon l’étude, nous tendrions à considérer internet comme une partie de notre mémoire, qui détiendrait les réponses à toutes nos interrogations. Dans cette optique, notre cerveau ne verrait plus l’utilité de stocker l’information. La multiplication des recherches privilégiée par rapport à l’enregistrement définitif des données. Pour parvenir à ce résultat, le professeur Betsy Sparrow s’est livrée à une série d’expériences permettant d’analyser les comportements de personnes vis-à-vis d’une information donnée.